Baby harness



Jan. 27, 1948. I 53541111 T 2,434,968

BABY HARNESS Filed July 18, 1946 IN VEN TOR.

Patented Jan. 27, 1948 BAmanARNEss;

Beatrice IZ'Sm'ith; ormsteae raus, one

Application July 18, 1946;,Seriai1No. 6845519.

inventibn relates' to. a safety harness fnr' young children adapted. toprovide aivery simple and. yet. efi'icient devicetcr'secure.achild'against accidental fallingv from. a. crib;v chair. or. carriage.vObjects. of. the. invention; are. to provide such a dev ce in a form.which. in. use. will be. comfort;- able. to. the wearer and. will; beeffective in 're.-

ta ning thefchild; while. allowing free movement. Simhlicity. of;construetion..enah1ing economical manuf cture. is also an object.ohta-inediby. my invention. The invention. is.i11ustrate.d. in. the drawngs ndhereinafteii fully. describedfandlthe.

essentialnovel features. are. summarized in'. the

claims.

'In the drawings,- Fig. hisa view, brokenout; intermediately in variousregions,-. showing the harness: Fig. 2 is apersnectiveoffthe device in.

substantially. the. position. in. whichit. is. worn;

F g. 3 is a detailin cross se'ctionin the positionin cated by the. line3.--3 on Fig; 1'; Figs. 4, 5". 6 and'l are views of the device in placeon a baby in var ous positions.

Mv harness comprises essentially an elongated m in strip In having acomparatively large o ening l l adapted to be passed over the childshead and having beyond this opening at each end of the stri other oenings designated l2, l3, l4 and I5 through which the tying straps,about to be mentioned. may be assed.

The main stri which is preferably a continuous strip of fabric with anedge binding l8 extending about its entire edge. is formed with widenedextreme portion l1 extending continuously from one end and having theopenings ll, l2 and I3: then a narrower intermediate portion 18. andthen a wider end portion [9 through which the openings [4 and I5 aremade. There is preferably a local binding around each opening. as shownin Fig. 1.

I provide tying straps 20 and 2! secured at their inner ends, as at 22and 23, to opposite edges of the main strip. The tying straps arepreferable in two pairs. the members of the pair extending insubstantially the same direction from the main strip.

In use, the main strip is passed over the babys head by the opening I l,with the extreme end having the openings l2 and I3 extending down thebabys back. The intermediat portion beyond the head opening extends downthe chest and stomach of the baby; the narrower portion I8 is passedthrough the crotch and the endmost portion l9 placed at the back tooverlap the other end of the strip. This brings one or more of theopenings at each end into registra- 2. tion with an; opening or openingsat the other end-as shownin'. Figs: 2; 4'; 5 and 6'. The tying. straps:are "then passed around. the. sides. of the babyandl throughone or. moreof-the. overlapped openingsin'the main1strip,. asindicated. inFigs Thefreeends of the tying. straps are then. available fbnatta'chment to. therails. of a crib,. as. ihdicaiiedl in; Figffi, or the. back off a. chairaslihdicated inFig; 7; or. for other. attachment.

as desired; The. twost'rap. members of. the. pair. or 2| may betiedtogether by a suitablebow. knot, as indicated. in Fig... 6.. Thesestraps are also. usefuli in. controlling, the. child. in creeping 1:5:asindicated. in Fig. 5;. or; may. be. held" by the.

mother; to supportthe, child when learning his. firstv steps Iffi'ndi itconvenient" in. securing the. ends of the. straps 2'11" and 2.11 tothe'main. strip to placethem. across. the strip. with the end. flush.with. the edge of the strip before the edge. binding.

I6 is applied and sew that binding inth'at region over the ends of thetying straps as indicated in Fig. 3.

By providing a plurality of openings in at least one end of the mainstrip, preferably in both ends, I allow a range of adjustment of thedevice, as the tying straps may pass through the two endmost openings,or the other two openings shown, or through an end opening at one endand an intermediate opening at the other. While I have shown but twoopenings at each end, this number, if desired. may be increased toprovide a wider range of adjustment.

The straps being anchored at one end to the main strip, serve to holdthe child in a comparatively definite position when the ends of thestraps are attached to som stationary object, though these straps bypassing freely through the overlapped openings allow sufficient freedomof movement to the child to prevent putting any strain on the stomach,or crotch, or shoulders. When the child moves to pull on either pair ofstraps, the stress is evenly divided on the harness body.

If desired to provide less freedom of movement or clasps liable toscratch the baby or become lost or swallowed by the baby. The device maybe readily washed and maintained clean.

I claim: a

1. A restraining garment for a child comprising an elongated striprovided with a neck opening and having an opening adjacent each end andtying straps extending in opposite directions from an intermediateregion of said strip and adapted to be passed through registeringopenings of the end portions.

2. A restraining garment for a child comprising an elongated striphaving a relatively wide portion provided with a neck opening and arelatively narrow portion extending from the end of 5. A restraininggarment for a child comprising an elongated body part provided with aneck opening and having openings adjacent its opposite ends, some ofwhich may register when the device is in place, and two pairs of strapsextending respectively from opposite sides of the body and adapted to bepassed through registering openings of th end portions.

6; A'restraining garment for a child comprising an elongated striphaving a relatively wide portion provided with a neck opening and arelaf tively narrow portion extending from the end of the,wide portionand a wider portion at the opthe wide portion, there being openingsadjacent opposite ends of the strip and tying straps anchored toopposite sides of the strip ad acent the junction of the portion havingthe neck opening and the relatively narrow portion, said straps beingadapted to pass through openings adjacent,

the strip ends when such ends overlap each other. 3. A restraininggarment for a child comprising an elongated body part provided with aneck opening and having a plurality of openings in one end of the bodyand at least one openin adjacent the opposite end, which may registerwith at least one of the first-named openings when the device is inplace, and tying straps extending from opposite sides of the body andadapted to be passed through registering openings of the end portions. p

4. A restraining garment ,for a child comprising an elongated body partprovided with a neck opening and having a plurality of reduced openingsadjacent each end, some of which may register when thedevice is inplace, and tying straps extending from opposite sides of the body andadapted to be passedthrough reduced openings of the end portions, aplurality of openings in both ends.

posite end of the narrow portion, there being a plurality of-openings inthe two wider portions adjacent opposite ends of the strip and two pairsof tying straps, each pair anchored to opposite sides of the stripadjacent the junction of the portion having the neck opening and therelatively narrow portion, said straps being adapted to pass throughopenings adjacent the strip ends when such ends overlap each other.

7. A restraining garment for a child comprising an elongated body partprovided with a neck opening and openings adjacent its opposite ends,tying straps extending from opposite side edges of the body and adaptedto 1:; passed through registering openings of the end portions, and abinding about the edge, of the body securing also the ends of thestraps.

8. A restraining garment for a child compris when the device is inplace, and fabric tying straps extending from opposite sides of the bodyand adapted tobe passed through reduced openings of the end portions.

BEATRICE I. SMITH.

